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German
Etymology
ver- + prellen
Pronunciation
- IPA(key):
- Hyphenation: ver‧prel‧len
Verb
verprellen (weak, third-person singular present verprellt, past tense verprellte, past participle verprellt, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive) to alienate, discourage, put off
- Synonyms: irritieren, verärgern, vergrämen, abschrecken
2020 September 6, “"Alle infizieren sich gerade"”, in Der Spiegel:Allerdings war es seine Regierung, die das Land vor der Urlaubssaison unbedingt öffnen wollte, um die Touristen nicht zu verprellen.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (transitive, hunting) to drive away (prey) through carelessness and clumsiness
- Synonym: verscheuchen
1918, G. von Byern, Die da drüben: Ostafrikanische Kriegsskizzen, page 64:Schon hatte es Wind. Mit hochstehender gesträubter Rute fegte es keckernd davon. Das war keines Schusses wert. Wozu Wild, wirkliches Wild verprellen!- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
Conjugation of
verprellen (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of
verprellen (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
Derived terms
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